diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 696abe47bd9..03ea06fcb97 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ src/emu/cpu/nec/nec.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/emu/cpu/nec/nec.h svneol=native#text/plain
 src/emu/cpu/nec/necdasm.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/emu/cpu/nec/necea.h svneol=native#text/plain
-src/emu/cpu/nec/nechost.h svneol=native#text/plain
 src/emu/cpu/nec/necinstr.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/emu/cpu/nec/necinstr.h svneol=native#text/plain
 src/emu/cpu/nec/necmacro.h svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/src/emu/cpu/nec/nechost.h b/src/emu/cpu/nec/nechost.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 042d880c89d..00000000000
--- a/src/emu/cpu/nec/nechost.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/*****************************************************************************/
-/* host dependent types                                                      */
-
-#define BIGCASE
-
-
-typedef char BOOLEAN;
-
-typedef UINT8 BYTE;
-typedef UINT16 WORD;
-typedef UINT32 DWORD;